- Écrins National Park
Écrins National Park ( _fr. Parc national des Écrins) is one of the nine French national parks. It is located in the south-eastern part of
France and consists in a mountainous region of theDauphiné Alps , south ofGrenoble and north of Gap, shared between thedépartement s ofIsère andHautes-Alpes .It rises up to 4,102 m (13,458 ft) at the
Barre des Ecrins and covers 918 km² (354 mi²) of high mountain areas, with high peaks,glacier fields, glacier valleys, alpine pastures,subalpine woodlands and lakes.Its borders mostly correspond to these of the
Massif des Ecrins , delimited by the main valleys of riversDrac ,Romanche andDurance (with itsGuisane dependency).The park has been awarded the
European Diploma of Protected Areas .Territory
The Écrins National Park covers the territory of the following communes:
Ancelle ,Aspres-lès-Corps ,Bénévent-et-Charbillac ,Besse-en-Oisans ,Buissard ,Chabottes ,Champcella ,Champoléon ,Chantelouve ,Châteauroux-les-Alpes ,Chauffayer ,Clavans-en-Haut-Oisans ,Crots , Embrun,Entraigues ,Freissinières ,L'Argentière-la-Bessée ,La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar ,La Grave ,La Motte-en-Champsaur ,Lavaldens ,Le Bourg-d'Oisans ,Le Monêtier-les-Bains ,Le Périer ,Les Costes ,Les Infournas ,Les Vigneaux ,Mizoën ,Mont-de-Lans ,Orcières ,Oris-en-Rattier ,Ornon ,Oulles ,Pelvoux , Prunières,Puy-Saint-Vincent ,Puy-Saint-Eusèbe ,Puy-Sanières ,Réallon ,Réotier ,Saint-Apollinaire ,Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur ,Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans ,Saint-Clément-sur-Durance ,Saint-Eusèbe-en-Champsaur ,Saint-Firmin ,Saint-Jacques-en-Valgodemard ,Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas ,Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur ,Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes ,Saint-Maurice-en-Valgodemard ,Saint-Michel-de-Chaillol ,Savines-le-Lac ,Valbonnais ,Valjouffrey ,Vallouise ,Vénosc ,Villar-d'Arêne ,Villard-Notre-Dame ,Villard-Reymond ,Villar-Loubière .ee also
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Massif des Écrins External links
* [http://www.les-ecrins-parc-national.fr/ Ecrins National Park official site]
* [http://www.manbos.com/en/vergal.asp?galeria=170 Ecrins pictures]
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